يۈتمەك

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yit-.[1][2] Cognates Turkish yitmek. Also, *yit- is derived to other Turkic languages. *yit-ig is descending in Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), Karaim jiti, Khalaj yittig, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jytmɛk/

Verb

يۈتمەك • (yütmek)

  1. (intransitive) to get lost, to go missing
  2. (intransitive) to disappear, to vanish

Derived terms

  • يۈتتۈرمەك (yüttürmek, “to lose”)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “yit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 885
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*jit-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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